Milan, Stefano Pioli: “Being a parafumine for me is not a problem.”
Milan, Stefano Pioli: "Being a parafumine for me is not è a problem"
Here are the words of Milan coach Stefano Pioli on the eve of tomorrow night’s challenge at the Meazza against Cagliari. Quotes reported by tuttomercatoweb.com.
“We have to return to winning, è what we must also want for a number of reasons: ranking, pride, respect of our fans, becauseé we are professionals. The only thing that would bother me – and nothing is bothering me anymore – è if the team does not have the right motivation to finish the championship well. Then how I am does not matter. At the end of the championship, when I meet with the club, our future will be decided. Then, the way I understand the figure of the coach, in my role there's also acting as a lightning rod, protecting the team and protecting the club: this has è never been a problem for me".
"The team is fine. Then we are at the end of the season, a complicated, hard season, so there's who has less energy. I will choose; who has the best possible condition. Cagliari è coached by a great coach. I had three masters: Trapattoni, Bagnoli and Ranieri. Claudio è a top in everything. Where è he went, he got great results. He knows how much I respect him, but he also knows how important the game is for them".
" The club has shown over the years that it knows how to work and how to be ambitious. The club will giveà the right answers at the right time. Maldini? I don’t think I should be the one to comment on his statements. In general, merits and demerits should be shared among everyone. Leao? I think he wants to play well, score, win with the team. Kalulu and Bennacer seem to me to be doing well. Isma is finding more rhythm, Pierre is not è 100 percent, but they are both ready to play. I told my people at the beginning of the week that my office è always there, so who feels they have given everything, who feels a little tired, the office was open, but no one è showed up”.
“The’Europa League? I had also been teased for saying Atalanta was one of the favorites. Real-City? Only a year ago we had made it to the semifinals of the Champions League, then only being eliminated by Inter made the importance of the goal diminish. Then this year we showed that we are far from these teams. But I don't want to go into the future. This year we were far from Real and City, then we are not far from Atalanta and Roma. The regrets of this year are the two games with Roma".
"Being on top in the single game or in the double confrontation makes a difference. They are fifth, 25 points behind Bayer: in the year they had difficult moments, then in Europe they were good at taking advantage of the good moments. Then I could say that if Giroud had scored the penalty maybe we would have had them, but they had the chance too and they took advantage of it".
“De Ketelaere last year was in his first season in a different league, he suffered this novelty. This year he è found himself with superior experience in a more suitable role. Have I ever thought of changing his role? No, because we had other ideas. How to give motivation? In my opinion the reaction was there, then we all hoped for something more. I am not talking about motivation, but about condition. È it is normal that those who played more are less brilliant, but I am not talking about motivation. I will putò the team tomorrow that I think can guarantee me the result".
"È the coach who gives an idea, principles, concepts, then there are the characteristics of the players who go on the field. We are not a defensive team, but we don't have to take all those goals there. Then è it is true that we prefer to score one goal more than others rather than take one less. For the shots and chances conceded, we conceded too many goals, so it means we made a few too many mistakes".
